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Skokie School District 68 recently hired a new Devonshire School principal for 2015–16 after Randy Needlman announced his resignation. Needlman, who served in the top role at Devonshire for 13 years, accepted a job as principal at North Park Elementary, an independent school in the Lincoln Square neighborhood of Chicago. The next Devonshire principal, Hal Schmeisser, will begin his new job July 1, but he will be formally introduced to the District 68 school community at the School Board's Feb. 19 meeting, Superintendent Jim Garwood said. Schmeisser graduated from the University of Illinois-Champaign with a bachelor's degree and from DePaul University with a...

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